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Prato and Pistoia

Hotel Villa S. Michele, opened on April 2009, is located in the main square of Carmignano and it is dipped into Tuscan hills. It has been created in perfect balance between the quiet of the place and the ease of reach quickly the most close and important...

Wine jars and tasting cups found in Etruscan tombs dating to approximately 1000 BC show that vines have been cultivated in Carmignano since Pre Roman times. More specifically, a parchment rent contract conserved in the Florence State Archives, dated 804,...

Fattoria Ambra has belonged to the Romei Rigoli family since 1870. The estate located near the Ombrone river and the Villa Medicea of Poggio a Caiano, is named after the poem "Ambra", written in the 15th century by Lorenzo Il Magnifico. The vineyards,...

Prato and Pistoia

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From the green mountains of the Bisenzio Valley to the large plane surrounded by the gentle hills of Montalbano lies a Province strongly attached to its culture where history, art and nature blend harmoniously.Do not miss to visit the Dome's square in Pistoia, the Cathedral, the Bell-tower and the Baptistery, in addition to the ancient XIV century walls and the Medicean fortress dedicated to St. Barbara. But the symbol of the province of Pistoia is the park entirely dedicated to the most important puppet all around the world, Pinocchio, whose famous author, Carlo Lorenzini, was born in Collodi, hamlet of the town of Pescia (then Collodi became his pen name).